Name: Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rhein.hei’me.ra. N.L. fem. n. Rheinheimera, after the German marine microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer, in recognition of his work on marine and estuarine bacteria

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rheinheimer-), r^he͡in-HE͡I-me-ra

Type species: Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Rheinheimera baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a blue-coloured bacterium isolated from the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1851-1857. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pararheinheimera" Sisinthy et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Merchant et al. 2007 Merchant MM, Welsh AK, McLean RJ. Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2376-2380. 🇺🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Chen et al. 2010 Chen WM, Lin CY, Young CC, Sheu SY. Rheinheimera aquatica sp. nov., an antimicrobial activity producing bacterium isolated from freshwater culture pond. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 20:1386-1392. 🇹🇼 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 13. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:6-7.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Li et al. 2011 Li HJ, Zhang XY, Zhang YJ, Zhou MY, Gao ZM, Chen XL, Dang HY, Zhang YZ. Rheinheimera nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediments, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Merchant et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1016-1022. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Liu et al. 2012 Liu Y, Jiang JT, Xu CJ, Liu YH, Song XF, Li H, Liu ZP. Rheinheimera longhuensis sp. nov., isolated from a slightly alkaline lake, and emended description of genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2927-2933. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Sisinthy et al. 2017 Sisinthy S, Chakraborty D, Adicherla H, Gundlapally SR. Emended description of the family Chromatiaceae, phylogenetic analyses of the genera Alishewanella, Rheinheimera and Arsukibacterium, transfer of Rheinheimera longhuensis LH2-2^T to the genus Alishewanella and description of Alishewanella alkalitolerans sp. nov. from Lonar Lake, India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1227-1241. 🇮🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 27. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:7-8.
  • Hayashi et al. 2018 Hayashi K, Busse HJ, Golke J, Anderson J, Wan X, Hou S, Chain PSG, Prescott RD, Donachie SP. Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov., isolated from a fishing hook, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:35-41. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Sheu et al. 2018 Sheu SY, Chen WT, Young CC, Chen WM. Rheinheimera coerulea sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater creek, and emended description of genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2340-2347. 🇹🇼 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Curacaobacter]. Publication: Hogg JC, Lehane MJ. Microfloral diversity of cultured and wild strains of Psoroptes ovis infesting sheep. Parasitology 2001; 123:441-446. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rehinheimera"; "Rheinheimeria"; "Rherinheimera".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yu et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2013), Zhong et al. (2014), Kim et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01670 (N = 6).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 12; DSM: 9; LMG: 9; JCM: 9; KACC: 8; MCCC: 5; CGMCC: 4; BCRC: 4; CIP: 3; ATCC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 29
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 31
Total number of child taxa: 34

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rheinheimera aestuarii Baek and Jeon 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera aquatica Chen et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera aquimaris Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera arenilitoris Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera chironomi Halpern et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera coerulea Sheu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera faecalis Park et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rheinheimera fenheensis" Shao et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Rheinheimera gaetbuli Baek and Jeon 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera hassiensis Suarez et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera japonica Romanenko et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera longhuensis Liu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera lutimaris Yu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera mangrovi Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera maricola Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera marina Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera mesophila Kumar et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rheinheimera metallidurans" Yadav et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Rheinheimera muenzenbergensis Suarez et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera nanhaiensis Li et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera oceanensis Ren et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera pacifica Romanenko et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera perlucida Brettar et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Rheinheimera pleomorphica Panda et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera riviphila Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera salexigens Hayashi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rheinheimera salexigens" Wan et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    Rheinheimera sediminis Yu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera soli Ryu et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera tangshanensis Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera texasensis Merchant et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera tilapiae Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rheinheimera tuosuensis Zhong et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baek K, Jeon CO. Rheinheimera aestuari sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2640-2645. 🇰🇷

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